ACT Fire and Rescue
{{Short description|The urban Fire and Rescue service for the Australian Capital Territory.}}
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{{More citations needed|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox government agency
|agency_name = A.C.T. Fire and Rescue
|logo = ACT Fire and Rescue logo.svg
|logo_width = 120 px
|logo_caption = ACT Fire Brigade Emblem
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|dissolved =
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|jurisdiction = Government of the Australian Capital Territory
|employees = 330
|budget =
|chief1_name = Mr Matthew Mavity
|chief1_position = Chief Officer
|parent_agency = ACT Emergency Services Agency
|child1_agency =
|website = [http://esa.act.gov.au/actfr/ www.esa.act.gov.au/actfr]
|footnotes =
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The ACT Fire and Rescue previously known as ACT Fire Brigade. Is the urban Fire and Rescue service for the Australian Capital Territory. It along with the ACT Ambulance Service, ACT State Emergency Service and ACT Rural Fire Service are part of the Australian Capital Territory Emergency Services Agency (formerly the ACT Emergency Services Authority).
By 2011 the ACT Fire and Rescue maintained nine stations with more than 330 staff operating 34 apparatus.{{cite web|url=http://esa.act.gov.au/actfr/about/history/|title=History|date=17 December 2013|accessdate=3 April 2015|publisher= ACT Emergency Services Agency}}
Fire Stations/Apparatus
File:Belconnen Fire Station.jpg Fire Station, which operated until 2016.]]
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! Station # ! Station Name ! Address ! Apparatus | |||
1 | Fyshwick | 1 Dalby St, Fyshwick ACT 2609 | P1, WT13, HAZ20, L35, T40, T41 |
2 | Ainslie | 34 Wakefield Ave, Ainslie ACT 2602 | P2, BA27 |
3 | Phillip | 37 Altree Ct, Phillip ACT 2606 | RP3 |
4 | Belconnen/ Aranda | Bardi Pl, Macquarie ACT 2614 | RP4, A31 |
5 | Kambah | 500 Sulwood Dr, Kambah ACT 2902 | P5, LU51, WT53 |
6 | West Belconnen/ Charnwood | Lhotsky St, Charnwood ACT 2615 | P6, LU61, WT63 |
7 | Chisholm | 6 Benham St, Chisholm ACT 2905 | RP7, R48, R49 |
8 | South Tuggeranong | Tharwa Dr, Conder ACT 2906 | P8, C82, C88 |
9 | Gungahlin | 31 Anthony Rolfe Ave, Gungahlin ACT 2912 | P9, C92, C98 |
Fire Apparatus Glossary/(Callsigns)
- Pumper: (P1/P2/P5/P6/P8/P9)
- Heavy Rescue Pumper: (RP3/RP4/RP7)
- Hazmat Response Vehicle: (HAZ20)
- Breathing Apparatus Support Vehicle: (BA27)
- Rosenbauer B42 Platform: (A30)
- Logistics Vehicle: (B35)
- Platform on Demand Truck: (T40/T41)
- Vertical Rescue Vehicle: (R48)
- Remote Area Road Rescue Vehicle: (R49)
- CAFS Light Tanker: C82/C92
- CAFS Heavy Tanker: C88/C98
- Commander: (CMDR1/CMDR2/CMDR3)
- Confined Space Rescue Trailer (CSRtr)
- Bobcat (T190)
- Light Brush Tanker: (LU51/LU61)
- Heavy Tanker (W13/W53/W63)
Pods:
- Breathing Apparatus Support (BAS)
- Breathing Apparatus Accountability & Command (CMD)
- General Purpose (GP)
- Mass Decontamination Support (MDS)
- Rapid Decontamination Support (RDS)
- Rehabilitation (RHB)
- Salvage & Ventilation (S/V)
- Technical Rescue Support (TRS)
- Tilt Tray (TT)
- Urban Search & Rescue 1 (USAR1)
- Urban Search & Rescue 2 (USAR2)
- Welfare Support (WFS)
File:ACTFR-B4-1024px.jpg|Heavy Rescue Pumper - B4
File:ACT Fire and Rescue Scania P320 fire engine on Mort Street September 2022 (cropped).jpg|Scania P320 Heavy Pumper
File:ACT Fire and Rescue Rosenbauer B42 on Bunda Street August 2022.jpg|Scania appliance with a Rosenbauer Hydraulic Platform
File:ACTFB tankers.jpg|Hino Heavy Tankers
File:ACTFB CAFS-C98-a.jpg|Volvo FM9 CAFS Tanker - C70
File:ACT Fire and Rescue command truck September 2017.jpg|Scania P 380 Pod truck
File:ACT Fire Brigade B20 HAZMAT Response vehicle.jpg|HazMat Response
See also
References
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External links
- [http://esa.act.gov.au/actfr/ ACT Fire and Rescue Official page]
{{Australian Fire Services}}
Category:Organisations based in Canberra
Category:Fire and rescue services of Australia
Category:Emergency services in the Australian Capital Territory